Full Result 3.10 Aintree | 4 April 2003

Martell Cognac Melling Chase Class A Grade 1

(Class 1) (5yo+) (2m3f200yds) 2m4f Mildmay Good 16 fences

1st £87,000 2nd £33,000 3rd £16,500 4th £7,500 5th £3,750 6th £2,250

Martell Cognac Melling Chase Class A Grade 1, 2m4f - Good, Class 1 5yo+

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1	4. Native Upmanship (IRE) 5/4F Conor O'Dwyer A L T Moore	Conor O'Dwyer A L T Moore	10	1110	–	136	167	–
ch g Be My Native (USA) - Hi' Upham (Deep Run)
Held up, hit 8th, tracked leaders going well from 9th, led on bit between last 2, smoothly (op 6-4 tchd 6-5)

2 1	5. Seebald (GER) 4/1 A P McCoy M C Pipe	A P McCoy M C Pipe	8	1110	162	135	162	–
b g Mulberry (FR) - Spartina I (USA) (Northern Baby)
Held up, headway to track leaders 9th, led 3 out, soon ridden, headed between last 2, no match for winner (op 3-1 tchd 9-2 in a place)

3 18 [19]	3. Kadarann (IRE) 12/1 Joe Tizzard Paul Nicholls	Joe Tizzard Paul Nicholls	6	1110	167	117	144	–
b g Bigstone (IRE) - Kadassa (IRE) (Shardari)
With leaders, led after 13th, headed next, weakened between last 2 (tchd 14-1)

4 5 [24]	1. Cenkos (FR) 11/2 R Walsh Paul Nicholls	R Walsh Paul Nicholls	9	1110	169	112	141	–
ch g Nikos - Vincenza (Grundy)
Led 4th, mistake 13th, soon headed, weakened 2 out (op 5-1 tchd 6-1, 13-2 in places)

5 20 [44]	6. Wahiba Sands 16/1 Norman Williamson M C Pipe	Norman Williamson M C Pipe	10	1110	149	92	124	–
b g Pharly (FR) - Lovely Noor (USA) (Fappiano)
Blundered 2nd, blundered and lost place 10th, soon behind (tchd 20-1)

6 dist [74]	2. Edredon Bleu (FR) 5/1 Jim Culloty Henrietta C Knight	Jim Culloty Henrietta C Knight	11	1110 t	165	–	–	–
b g Grand Tresor (FR) - Nuit Bleue III (FR) (Le Pontet)
Led to 4th, soon pushed along, outpaced 10th, soon lost place, tailed off from 12th, completed in own time (jockey said gelding was unsuited by the ground) (op 6-1, after 7-1 in places)